Nitasha Tiku wrote about the remarkable fact that most people who have been vocal organizers at Google have now left the company. There are two kind of opposite ways to interpret thishttps://www.wired.com/story/most-google-walkout-organizers-left-company/ …
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There's a mirror world of venture capitalism in the form of foundations (funded by the same wealthy people). When I was doing Tech Solidarity, I wrote up a proposal at one point for funding and got asked to re-submit it for 10x the amount, because that would be easier to approve
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At that point I decided to give up and return to my true passion, high-quality online bookmarking at a reasonable price, offering unbeatable value
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you saw Godfather III right?
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The need to organize usually arises when you're sewing shirts for 3 cents an hour, not when you're already earning Bay Area tech salaries. We are in completely virgin territory here.
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U.S. journalists have done a good job of it
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Never mind being miserable, the tight labor market convinces many that they have no *need* for collective bargaining, that they are actually better off just jumping companies every two years to get higher wages.
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I think they mostly just aren’t able to handle it. White collar organizing is just really hard unless the workers are unusually precarious and mission-driven (journalists)
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